Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 242 310
Rank change year-on-year -112 +68 -91
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 463 568 934
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 1.32% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.42% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 221 280 522
10th Percentile £38,750 £48,750 £37,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £116,375 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.55% +17.39% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,838 39,983 83,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.25% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,890 21,039 60,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -94 419 £66,771 -7.90% 160
London -1 259 £80,000 - 93
Work from Home +76 255 £63,076 -4.07% 67
UK excluding London -169 144 £63,076 -6.55% 100
North of England -30 52 £74,000 -7.50% 21
North West +11 34 £85,000 +6.12% 10
South East -134 29 £47,500 -32.14% 32
East of England -15 24 £63,750 -7.27% 10
Midlands -41 19 £60,000 -7.69% 18
South West -82 18 £61,845 +0.97% 13
West Midlands -38 17 £58,750 -15.47% 14
Yorkshire -53 15 £63,076 +94.08% 8
Scotland -8 3 £55,000 -32.31% 6
North East -35 3 £63,076 -32.72% 3
Wales -36 2 £69,501 +16.11% 2
East Midlands -41 2 £152,500 +190.48% 4
Northern Ireland -42 1 £75,000 -

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 14 (3.02%) Confluence
3 10 (2.16%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.86%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Drupal
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 54 (11.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (8.42%) Workfront
2 5 (1.08%) Fidessa
2 5 (1.08%) Shopify
3 3 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.43%) Magento
4 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (17.06%) AWS
2 60 (12.96%) SaaS
3 53 (11.45%) iPaaS
4 50 (10.80%) Azure
5 18 (3.89%) Pulumi
6 16 (3.46%) GitHub
7 15 (3.24%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.59%) GCP
8 12 (2.59%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.94%) OneDrive
10 8 (1.73%) Figma
11 7 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.30%) Asana
13 5 (1.08%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.86%) Azure AI
14 4 (0.86%) ClickUp
14 4 (0.86%) H2O.ai
14 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (0.86%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 78 (16.85%) Broadband
2 29 (6.26%) HTTP
3 13 (2.81%) WAN
4 12 (2.59%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.16%) LAN
6 5 (1.08%) Firewall
6 5 (1.08%) Multicast
6 5 (1.08%) Network Security
7 4 (0.86%) MPLS
7 4 (0.86%) NGN
7 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.65%) Wireless
8 3 (0.65%) WLAN
9 2 (0.43%) VPN
10 1 (0.22%) DNS
10 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.22%) SAN
10 1 (0.22%) Skype
10 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.31%) Metadata
2 19 (4.10%) Relational Database
3 18 (3.89%) NoSQL
3 18 (3.89%) RDBMS
4 13 (2.81%) Power BI
5 6 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.08%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.65%) Big Data
7 3 (0.65%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.65%) Tableau
8 2 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 27 (5.83%) JIRA
2 18 (3.89%) Jaeger
3 6 (1.30%) Git
4 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 162 (34.99%) Marketing
2 142 (30.67%) Social Skills
3 140 (30.24%) Finance
4 73 (15.77%) Banking
5 61 (13.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (12.74%) Retail
7 49 (10.58%) Law
8 46 (9.94%) Influencing Skills
9 43 (9.29%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (6.70%) Public Sector
11 29 (6.26%) Legal
12 26 (5.62%) Back Office
13 16 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (3.02%) Italian Language
14 14 (3.02%) Manufacturing
14 14 (3.02%) Retail Banking
15 13 (2.81%) Financial Institution
16 11 (2.38%) German Language
17 9 (1.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 135 (29.16%) Product Manager
2 81 (17.49%) Lead
3 76 (16.41%) Product Owner
4 71 (15.33%) Senior
5 42 (9.07%) Senior Manager
6 37 (7.99%) Senior Product Manager
7 32 (6.91%) Software Engineer
8 30 (6.48%) Development Engineer
9 29 (6.26%) Software Development Engineer
10 22 (4.75%) Developer
11 21 (4.54%) Product Lead
12 19 (4.10%) Consultant
13 17 (3.67%) Lead Software Engineer
14 15 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (3.02%) Business Consultant
15 14 (3.02%) Business Development Consultant
15 14 (3.02%) Development Consultant
16 12 (2.59%) Cloud Developer
16 12 (2.59%) Senior Software Development Engineer
16 12 (2.59%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.70%) REST
2 18 (3.89%) Elastic Stack
2 18 (3.89%) OpenTelemetry
3 6 (1.30%) CSS
3 6 (1.30%) HTML
4 5 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.86%) Keras
5 4 (0.86%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.86%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.65%) .NET
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.43%) Pandas
7 2 (0.43%) Plotly
7 2 (0.43%) Seaborn
7 2 (0.43%) Spring
7 2 (0.43%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.22%) Playwright
8 1 (0.22%) PySpark
8 1 (0.22%) pytest
8 1 (0.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 159 (34.34%) Product Ownership
2 64 (13.82%) Social Media
3 54 (11.66%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (11.66%) Over-the-Top Content
4 33 (7.13%) Cloud Native
5 30 (6.48%) Public Cloud
6 23 (4.97%) Onboarding
7 20 (4.32%) Management Information System
8 14 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.59%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (2.16%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.73%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.51%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.51%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 7 (1.51%) Podcast
14 6 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
15 5 (1.08%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.83%) Linux
2 19 (4.10%) Unix
3 8 (1.73%) Windows
4 1 (0.22%) Android
4 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (65.44%) Roadmaps
2 221 (47.73%) Agile
3 142 (30.67%) Product Roadmap
4 123 (26.57%) Product Vision
5 107 (23.11%) Decision-Making
6 95 (20.52%) Mentoring
7 90 (19.44%) User Stories
8 87 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 85 (18.36%) AI
10 84 (18.14%) Product Requirements
10 84 (18.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 80 (17.28%) Customer Experience
12 79 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
12 79 (17.06%) Product Backlog
13 74 (15.98%) Sprint Planning
14 64 (13.82%) User Experience
15 63 (13.61%) Workflow
16 61 (13.17%) Digital Marketing
17 60 (12.96%) Matrix Organization
17 60 (12.96%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 52 (11.23%) Java
2 32 (6.91%) Python
3 26 (5.62%) JavaScript
4 20 (4.32%) Bash
5 18 (3.89%) Go
6 9 (1.94%) SQL
7 6 (1.30%) Bicep
8 4 (0.86%) PHP
8 4 (0.86%) R
9 3 (0.65%) C#
10 2 (0.43%) C++
10 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (15.12%) Degree
2 19 (4.10%) AWS Certification
3 18 (3.89%) Security Cleared
4 14 (3.02%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.59%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.94%) HND
7 8 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (1.73%) HNC
8 7 (1.51%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.65%) CCNA
10 3 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.65%) CISSP
11 2 (0.43%) ACCA
11 2 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.43%) CBAP
11 2 (0.43%) CIMA
11 2 (0.43%) IIBA
11 2 (0.43%) MBA
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.40%) QA
2 18 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.94%) GDPR
4 7 (1.51%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.08%) SLA
6 3 (0.65%) PERC
7 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.43%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (4.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.65%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (6.70%) Terraform
2 21 (4.54%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.89%) Ansible
3 18 (3.89%) Argo
3 18 (3.89%) Kustomize
3 18 (3.89%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.22%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (13.39%) Adobe
2 45 (9.72%) Microsoft
3 30 (6.48%) Google
4 13 (2.81%) Oracle
5 9 (1.94%) Cisco
6 8 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.30%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.08%) CQG
8 5 (1.08%) Databricks
8 5 (1.08%) Dell
8 5 (1.08%) ION Trading
8 5 (1.08%) Patsystems
8 5 (1.08%) Reuters
8 5 (1.08%) Trayport
9 4 (0.86%) Juniper
9 4 (0.86%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.86%) Toshiba
10 3 (0.65%) Aderant